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Madhya-līlā 20.247 - Madhya-līlā 20.249

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 248

ananta avatāra kṛṣṇera, nāhika gaṇana

śākhā-candra-nyāya kari dig-daraśana

SYNONYMS

ananta—unlimited; avatāra—incarnations; kṛṣṇera—of Lord Kṛṣṇa; nāhika gaṇana—there is no possibility of counting; śākhā-candra-nyāya—by the analogy of the moon and the branches of a tree; kari—I make; dik-daraśana—a slight indication.

TRANSLATION

"There are innumerable incarnations of Kṛṣṇa, and there is no possibility of counting them. We can simply indicate them by giving the example of the moon and the branches of a tree.

PURPORT

Although the moon appears to be located in the branches of a tree, it is actually situated very far away. Similarly, none of the avatāras, or incarnations, of Lord Kṛṣṇa are within this material world, but they are visible by the causeless mercy of the Lord. We should not consider them to belong to this material world. As stated in Bhagavad-gītā:

avajānanti māṁ mūḍhā

mānuṣīṁ tanum āśritam

paraṁ bhāvam ajānanto

mama bhūta-maheśvaram

"Fools deride Me when I descend in the human form. They do not know My transcendental nature and My supreme dominion over all that be." (Bg. 9.11)

Avatāras descend of their own free will, and although they may act like ordinary human beings, they do not belong to this material world. Lord Kṛṣṇa and His avatāras can be understood only by the grace of the Lord.

nāyam ātmā pravacanena labhyo

na medhayā na bahunā śrutena

yam evaiṣa vṛṇute tena labhyas

tasyaiṣa ātmā vivṛṇute tanūṁ svām

(Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.23)

athāpi te deva padāmbuja-dvaya-

prasāda-leśānugṛhīta eva hi

jānāti tattvaṁ bhagavan-mahimno

na cānya eko 'pi ciraṁ vicinvan

(Bhāg. 10.14.29)

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-ananta—unlimited; avatāra—incarnations; kṛṣṇera—of Lord Kṛṣṇa; nāhika gaṇana—there is no possibility of counting; śākhā-candra-nyāya—by the example of the moon and the branches of a tree; kari—I make; dik-daraśana—a slight indication.
+ananta—unlimited; avatāra—incarnations; kṛṣṇera—of Lord Kṛṣṇa; nāhika gaṇana—there is no possibility of counting; śākhā-candra-nyāya—by the analogy of the moon and the branches of a tree; kari—I make; dik-daraśana—a slight indication.
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-“There are innumerable incarnations of Kṛṣṇa, and there is no possibility of counting them. We can simply indicate them by giving the example of the moon and the branches of a tree”.
+"There are innumerable incarnations of Kṛṣṇa, and there is no possibility of counting them. We can simply indicate them by giving the example of the moon and the branches of a tree.
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-Although the moon appears to be located in the branches of a tree, it is actually situated very far away. Similarly, none of the avatāras, or incarnations, of Lord Kṛṣṇa are within this material world, but they are visible by the causeless mercy of the Lord. We should not consider them to belong to this material world. As stated by Lord Kṛṣṇa in the ([[BG 9.11 (1972)|Bhagavad-gītā 9.11]]):
+Although the moon appears to be located in the branches of a tree, it is actually situated very far away. Similarly, none of the avatāras, or incarnations, of Lord Kṛṣṇa are within this material world, but they are visible by the causeless mercy of the Lord. We should not consider them to belong to this material world. As stated in Bhagavad-gītā:
-:avajānanti māṁ mūḍhā mānuṣīṁ tanum āśritam
+:avajānanti māṁ mūḍhā
-:paraṁ bhāvam ajānanto mama bhūta-maheśvaram
+:mānuṣīṁ tanum āśritam
+:paraṁ bhāvam ajānanto
+:mama bhūta-maheśvaram
+"Fools deride Me when I descend in the human form. They do not know My transcendental nature and My supreme dominion over all that be." ([[BG 9.11 (1972)|Bg. 9.11]])
-“Fools deride Me when I descend in the human form. They do not know My transcendental nature as the Supreme Lord of all that be.”
 Avatāras descend of their own free will, and although they may act like ordinary human beings, they do not belong to this material world. Lord Kṛṣṇa and His avatāras can be understood only by the grace of the Lord.
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 :yam evaiṣa vṛṇute tena labhyas
 :tasyaiṣa ātmā vivṛṇute tanūṁ svām
 (Kaṭha Upaniṣad 1.2.23)
-“The Supreme Lord is not obtained by means of expert explanations, vast intelligence or even much hearing. He is obtained only by one whom He Himself chooses. To such a person, He manifests His own form.”
 :athāpi te deva padāmbuja-dvaya-
 :prasāda-leśānugṛhīta eva hi
 :jānāti tattvaṁ bhagavan-mahimno
-:na cānya eko ’pi ciraṁ vicinvan
+:na cānya eko 'pi ciraṁ vicinvan
-([[SB 10.14.29]])
-“My Lord, if one is favored by even a slight trace of the mercy of Your lotus feet, he can understand the greatness of Your personality. But those who speculate to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead are unable to know You, even though they continue studying the Vedas for many years.”
+([[SB 10.14.29|Bhāg. 10.14.29]])
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